[INTRO] (Cascading pizzicato strings, ambient synth pad, and ethereal vocal harmonies fading into a driving, graceful rhythm) [Verse 1] (Light plucked strings, clear lead vocal with a soft, warm reverb) My roots are locked in concrete cracks, Between steel ribs and high-voltage lines. You count your life in falling seconds, I answer only when the season turns. (Bassline enters, pizzicato rhythm becomes more pronounced) You buried every river under asphalt, Rerouted water, shut the air away. Still something climbs from down below, And it’s never been more vital than today. [Chorus] (Explosion of layered multi-tracked vocals "Wall of Sound", lush soaring strings, driving rhythm) And yet I bloom all the same, Without permission from anyone. I am the soil that swallows iron, The wild green breaking through the sun. Go on and change the climate, Rewrite every rule you made. I am the Mother, the source that starts, I restart from zero where you fade. [Verse 2] (Rhythm continues, instrumentation strips back slightly with subtle backing vocal swirls) It’s getting hotter every year now, The sky goes bruised and heavy grey. But I still remember every seed, I know how to survive the acid rain. (Pizzicato strings build in intensity) I keep the trees on rooftop ledges, I keep the weeds beside the road. That’s not decay, that’s my answer, That’s life coming back to take hold. [Chorus] (Full vocal ensemble swell, atmospheric percussion, rich multi-part harmonies) And yet I bloom all the same, Without permission from anyone. I am the soil that swallows iron, The wild green breaking through the sun. Go on and change the climate, Rewrite every rule you made. I am the Mother, the source that starts, I restart from zero where you fade. [Bridge] (Plucked strings yield to sustained, soaring string pads; suspended, solemn mood) You bought me, you sold me, You used what was mine. (Dramatic vocal and percussion crescendo) But you cannot smother What brings the light. Every little sprout is a force, Every spring a hard-won fight! [Chorus] (Peak emotional energy, epic Enya-style choral stack, driving strings and pulse) And yet I bloom all the same, Without permission from anyone. I am the soil that swallows iron, The wild green breaking through the sun. Go on and change the climate, Rewrite every rule you made. I am the Mother, the source that starts, I restart from zero where you fade. [Outro] (Rallentando - Rhythm drops out completely. Soft minimal piano and a single, intimate ethereal vocal) Once upon a time you called me mother, Now you don’t call me anymore. (Fading distant vocal hum) To me, you were always my children, And you will be again When you can’t take it anymore... [Fade Out] (Gentle wind ambience and a final lingering harp/synth note dying into silence)
